Cutting machine



June 10, 1930. r. P. LlTTLE CUTTING NACHI-NE Filed April 16. 1928 menus R L'Jifwzzm".Y

. springs 46 tached, by bolts 14, a cutter base 15 in which Patented June 10, 1930 UNITED sTATEsr-ATENT ,oFFlcEQ THoMAs P. LITTLE, ory ci-ITCOPEE FALLS, MAs'sAcHUsETTs, Assienon To THE F'Isx f 1,762,82s s RUBBER COMPANY, or cHIcoPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, A coltreRAfreNY or MASSACHUSETTS `App1i`cation` med April 16,

bias for use in the manufacture of tires and the like andrhas for its object to provide any improved cutting mechanism to be used in machines of this character which permit aA Vernier adjustment of thecutting knife. Another object of my invention is to provide a cutter which is adapted to use inexpensivev knives such as safety razor blades. f Other and further objectswill be apparent fromthe followingspecilication and claims:

Letters Patent #1,384,984, 'issued VJuly'19, 1921, describe a cutting and stripping machine and in the accompanying specification and. drawings I describe and illustrate a cutting mechanism embodying my invention which may be usedin this type of machine'.

' In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a plan view ofthe cutter --mecha-l nism showing the position .of parts during the f inoperative return stroke; Y i,

Fig. 2 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the position of parts in the `operative. stroke Y Fig. 3 is a partial perspective view of the cutter showing the adjusting key; l

Fig. 4 is a sectional view 4-'4 of Fig.'1;l Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2;V and g Fig. 6 is a sectional .view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5 but on a larger scale.

Referring to 'the drawings, fixed guideways in whichtravel complementary members 11 assembled by pins 12 and 13 to form a carriageto which is atis formed a slideway 16 guiding a slide 17. Bolts 18 secure to slide 17 a block 19, see Fig. 3, which bears set screws 20 to hold a knife 21 in a groove 22 formed in slide 17 the lat-v ter with block 19 thus forming a support for the knife. Adjustably secured to block 19 i by bolts 23 engaging in slotsr24 isr a member 25 which carries a cam roller 26 engaging with a cam member 27 which is in turn loosely mounted by pins 28 and slots 29 Vto the cutter base 15. The ends of the cam member 27 cutter back and forth' in the guideways 'vanced taken on line* 10 represents 192s. serial amanece'.

which is driven by any suitable apparatusnot shown, to slide the members' 11 carryingthe Y 10 performing the cutting' operations'. f It will be evident that as the cutter'is operated inthe direction of the arrow shown in Fig. l the knife 21 through theV action of cam member 27 and cam roller 26 will beheld aWay fromzthe stock31 and that as the cutter motionisl reversed tothe direction shown by the f arrow Vinv Fig. 2 the knife- 21 will be brought to the stock`31'to perform the cutting operation. `It will be' understood that during n and the holdingbar- 32 has moved from theA position shown-in Fig. l'to-v that theinventon.. .f

e As is shown "inA 'Fig.l-6,:it is sometimesdee sirable'torcut onlypart way throughg-the n stock,v severing only the cords 33l and leaving af. layer1 of rublxrY 34.1uneutfpernritting the semicut stock to be woundinrolls. As can bey readily seen,Y adjustments of the knife' 21. to produce such 'cuts must neeessarilybe. minute and prior toY .my Vnventien. these adiustments were ,accomplished 'loosening 'the'.setfscrews eef ma. raming the knife 21,

making an adjustmentV difficult to obtain. On my improvedv cutter I have provided means for obtaining adjustments rapidly and accurately. Gear teeth are cut on block-19 to form a rack 35 and a hole 36 is formed in they member 25 positioned in such relationy to the rack 35 that when a key 37 bearing a gear 38 is inserted it engages the said rack 35. To accomplish the adjustment `the knife 21 is Vinserted in the groove .2 2 and fastened in approximately the right location by set screws 20 and after loosening the bolts 23 vand inserting the key 37 into engagement with the rack 35, 'the'knife-21, block 19, and slide 17 acting as a unit, can be advanced or retracted in relation to the hood 25 and as the correct adjustment is reached the screws 23 yare tightened.

y As itis advantageous vto usel inexpensive knives such as safety razorblades the groove 22is formed on an angle thus realizing their use Without alteration and as the cutting point 39 becomes dull the blade may be broken on the dotted line shown in Fig. 6, 5 establishing a new point at 40.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, means for adjusting the extent of projection of a reciprocating knife which comprises a lmifesupport, a rack formed on the knife support, a reciprocable cam actuated member adjustably secured to the support and operable under the influence of its cam to move the .15 support transversely of the general path of its reciprocation to project the knife into and out of cutting position, said cam actuated member being formed to receive a geared l, key engaging With said rackto advance or 2d retract the Vknife support in relation to the cam actuated member to thereby vary the extent of the projection of the knife in its cutting position.

2. In a'deviceof the character` described, a reciprocable knife supporthavinga groove, athin knife, sharpened along substantially the ent-ire length of oneof its longitudinal edges, adjustably positioned in the groove, said groove being. inclined relative to the general path of reciprocation of the support so that one corner ofthe knife acts asia cuting point, arackformed onthe knife sup'- port, a .'recprocableV Icam actuated member adjustably secured to the kni-fe support and 35 operable under the influence of its cani to move the 1support`transversely ofthe general path of'its reciprocation toprojectthe knife into .and out of cutting position, said Y cam actuated member beingformed to permit 4o engagement ofthe rack by a gearedzkey to advance or retract the knife support in relation to the cam actuatedV member to thereby .vary the extent of the projection of the knife in its cutting position.V

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